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Apple will abide by Russian law by offering government-approved apps
Users will be able to opt out of installing them, according to a Russian newspaper.
Facebook plans to dominate Russia's social networks through apps
While Facebook is effectively the default social network in many countries, that's not true in Russia -- it frequently plays second fiddle to local service VKontakte and old-school LiveJournal blogs. The company thinks it knows how to crack this nut, however: apps. The internet giant tells Business Insider that it's persuading Russian developers to write games and other web-based titles that might lure people away. It's hoping that the potential of reaching a wider audience will be hard to resist. You may please Muscovites by producing for VKontakte, but you could capture a global audience through a smash hit on Facebook.
